Complete schedule for Wayland Earth Day 2013

Thursday

Apr 25, 2013 at 12:01 AMApr 25, 2013 at 10:53 PM

The following is the schedule for Wayland Earth Day 2013. All events are walk-ins, except for tours, workshops and movies, which have definite starting times. Bring friends and neighbors. Walk or bike as you are able. For more information send an email (info@waylandgreenteam.org or info@transitionwayland.org). During the Earth Day weekend, you can also call 978-505-5912.

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The following is the schedule for Wayland Earth Day 2013. All events are walk-ins, except for tours, workshops and movies, which have definite starting times. Bring friends and neighbors. Walk or bike as you are able. For more information send an email (info@waylandgreenteam.org or info@transitionwayland.org). During the Earth Day weekend, you can also call 978-505-5912.

Friday, April 26

· Wayland High School’s Lecture Hall from 7:30 to 9 p.m.: The breathtaking documentary “Chasing Ice” looks at James Balog's mission to gather undeniable evidence of climate change. With a band of young adventurers, Balog deployed revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. Suggested donation is $7.

Saturday, April 27

· Wayland Transfer Station, 448 Boston Post Road, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Take a look around, buy compost bins and take home free, limited quantities of wonderful compost (bring buckets, bags or bins). Take It or Leave It opens for tag-holders only.

· Toaster House, 17 Waltham Road, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Tempietto Homes' LEED Gold house was a 2012 national finalist for LEED "New Home of the Year." Demonstrates the aesthetic and spatial freedom available in the new sustainable materials with solar panels.

· The Green Guy's House, 55 Glezen Lane, from 9 to 10 a.m.: Doug Sacra shows his pole-mounted 9 kilowatt photovoltaic system that serves his house and Maple Hill Architects office. The sky-lit kitchen and eating area are bright, morning to sunset.

· Friends of the Library, 41 Cochituate Road, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Book sale becomes “green” in Wayland by recycling used books!

· Full Moon Farm, 281 Concord Road, from 1 to 3 p.m.: New green construction and energy retrofit. Addition built in an energy-efficient factory and delivered as pre-insulated panels. This 60-year-old house is encased in insulation, with new windows and siding, and new HVAC (heating-ventilation-air conditioning).

· Sustainability House, 206 Lake Shore Drive, from 1 to 2 p.m.: Workshop on living in a sustainable, low maintenance home with a range of the best renewable technologies. Also ultra low maintenance Pearl's Premium seed for a lush, soft, deep green lawn.

· Claypit Hill School, 40 Adams Lane, from 2 to 4 p.m.: Help the Green Team plant blueberry bushes and seeds. There will be outdoor composting bins and indoor worm bins. Design crop markers, learn how to grow leaf crops this spring, and help make the morning glory trellis.

· 16 Sedgemeadow Road, from 2 to 5 p.m.: Rita will let you hold chicks, and talk about raising chickens, coop plans, and how they can run your compost pile.

· 237 Old Connecticut Path, from 4 to 6 p.m.: Visit the garden and enjoy wild harvest goodies. Walk paths between plots, enjoying spiritual messages along the way. Bring a container and take home perennial plants or seeds.

· 237 Old Connecticut Path, from 8:15 to 9:30 p.m.: In-home screening of the movie “Green Fire: A Land Ethic for Our Time” about the life and work of Aldo Leopold, with conversation afterward.

· Pond Hollow Farm, 22 Pequot Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Riding center specializing in horsemanship and riding lessons for children with special needs. Visit horses and stables.

· Sustainability House, 206 Lake Shore Drive, from 11 a.m. to noon: Workshop on living in a sustainable, low maintenance home with a range of the best renewable technologies. Also ultra low maintenance Pearl's Premium seed for a lush, soft, deep green lawn.

· Peace Lutheran Church, 107 Concord Road, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Members of Peace Lutheran Church invite you to come and see the solar installation on the roof of their church.

· 9 Bennett Road, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Molly Faulkner will demonstrate three different ways to compost food scraps, in and outdoors.

· 15 Bennett Road, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ever wondered what this geothermal heating is all about? Bonnie Gossels has a system and will tell you all about it.

· 14 Brooks Road, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Visit an average Wayland house made more resilient with Solar PV, vegetable and perennial gardens, and composting.

· 6 Melville Place, from noon to 2 p.m.: Find out how the new solar panels work. Chat with neighbors, enjoy vegetarian refreshments, watch a short movie and join the discussion of “How can we become more resilient in the face of climate change?”

· Friends of the Library, 41 Cochituate Road, from noon to 4 p.m.: Book sale becomes “green” in Wayland by recycling used books!

· 13 Rice Spring Lane, from 1 to 3 p.m.: Average household with tiny footprint in a ranch with solar PV, solar hot water, wood stove and wood pile, hoop house, vegetable, perennial and medicinal garden, and beehives, along with permaculture in progress.

· Full Moon Farm, 281 Concord Road, from 1 to 3 p.m.: New green construction and energy retrofit. Addition built in an energy-efficient factory and delivered as pre-insulated panels. This 60-year-old house is encased in insulation, with new windows and siding, and new HVAC (heating-ventilation-air conditioning).

· Happy Hollow School, 63 Pequot Road, from 3 to 5 p.m.: Visit the Happy Hollow ecological loop! Transplant raspberry bushes, create a trellis, learn how to compost at home, create crop markers, and sign up to "adopt" the gardens for a week.

Earth Day 2013 is organized by Transition Wayland and the Wayland Schools PTO Green Team. We thank all the hosts who are opening their houses to their neighbors and all the volunteers who worked tirelessly to make this happen. We also thank our sponsors, Maple Hill Architects, Tempietto Homes and Stop & Shop.